I am struggling to get the C Cord with my 3rd finger. It feels more natural using the fourth. Any opinions appreciated
Dingo
You can play C with the little finger.
That said.
Your going to be needing your little finger in the future. Starting with the chord C7. After that I find there are many uses for the little finger.
So, imho, go ahead and play it how you can. But be working on getting that third finger to work so the pinky is free. After you get the thrid finger in play, it will become a natural way you’ll grab a C chord. It’ll make absolute sense as to why the third finger is playing the root and not the pinky playing the root. After playing it a good long time using your third finger, 
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I wouldn’t recommend it. The C7 shape will be important later in your guitar journey, and it needs your little finger separately from the basic open C shape. And a little beyond that come some other extensions on the basic C shape that need your little finger.
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It’s amazing how the fingers do adapt and stretch further the longer you play. You will get the C chord soon enough.
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Hi Stephen ,
Simplw answer - Yes you can … but don’t do it 
for now it seems like a good solution, but it is absolutely not the way to learn it this way.
Justin says this very clearly and from my own experience it is also cristal clear.
those fingers will really be able to do it soon , just practice with the lessons on this site and it will almost come “naturally”
Greetings,Rogier
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Thank you all for the time to respond. You all gave the answer I was expecting. I have consistently experienced frustration followed by adaptation
Thanks again
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fwiw, try this. It’s a adaptation of the C chord.
So you like to use your little finger on the root C note. This leaves your third finger not used. Take that third finger and put it on the low E string, fretted @ the note G (third fret). I believe it’s a C/G chord.
This is a viable C chord. Just a alternative version of it. It does qualify as a C chord though as the bottom three strings then become, G, C, E. The three tones of a C chord.
Hoping this may help you get your third finger into play.
Note, GCE, in that sequence, are the same notes as the top three strings of the C chord (the open third string G, B string fretted @ 1st fret for C, open high E string for E). The new fingering just puts the GCE sequence 2 octaves lower. Plus, ya get to play all 6 strings for a fuller sounding chord, if that’s what you like.
Just food for thought…
you can, but it will be hard to decorate that C chord later on
Check this Live Club recording to see what I mean, applied to (but not limited to) the C chords:
https://www.justinguitar.com/live-events/149
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Definitely don’t give up on the “standard” chord shapes. You can play it in the way that works for you now but recognize you’ll need the main shape later.
I’ve not really encountered this with the C chord, but with a few others I have run into alternate fingerings making certain chord changes easier. In particular, open G but also open E and open A and absolutely. Open G is probably the one where I most consistently use the most alternate fingerings depending on the song and the changes leading into the G and moving on from it. For E and A, I have the main ways I play them the vast majority of the time but occasionally will use an alternate fingering.
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